Books Of The Bible - Main Themes - Estock

Front 1

Genesis

Back 1

God made the world and made man in his image to rule in his name

Man's fall into sin and rebellion against God

God has begun a great project to redeem man and restore his creation

(Gen 3:15; 12:1-2)

Front 2

1 Corinthians

Back 2

Paul addresses Corinthian lack of unity and pride by challenging them with the counter-worldly wisdom of the cross.

Front 3

Exodus

Back 3

God fulfills his promise, rescues Israel and makes them his people by ordering their lives and worship with his law

Front 4

2 Corinthians

Back 4

Paul defends his ministry against false apostles and encourages the Corinthians to contribute to the collection.

Front 5

Leviticus

Back 5

God outlines the holiness required of his covenant people

Front 6

Galatians

Back 6

Calling the Galatians back from a false gospel to the true gospel.

Front 7

Numbers

Back 7

God guides, judges and forgives a rebellious people

Front 8

Ephesians

Back 8

Christ's love and power in the Church and call to live out Christ's love and power as the church.

Front 9

Deuteronomy

Back 9

God reaffirms his covenant with his people before they enter the promised land

Front 10

Philippians

Back 10

Urging partners in the gospel to advance the gospel despite the ambitious, legalist, and licentuous.

Front 11

Joshua

Back 11

God fulfills his promise and, through Joshua, give his people a home, their inheritance

Front 12

Colossians

Back 12

Christ is supreme and sufficient, and those in him live lives that proclaim his death and resurrection.

Front 13

Judges

Back 13

Lack of godly leadership leads to God's people falling into sin, anarchy and judgment

God in mercy sends judges to rescue his people from their enemies

Front 14

1 Thessalonians

Back 14

Remain steadfast in the face of persecution as the Day of the Lord approaches.

Front 15

Ruth

Back 15

Narrative psalm of lament

God prepares the nation and family of his king

Front 16

2 Thessalonians

Back 16

Paul responds to correct false teaching of a forged letter.

Front 17

1 Samuel

Back 17

God installs his king to establish God's rule as a blessing to Israel and the nations

Front 18

1 Timothy

Back 18

Encouraging Timothy in his leadership, teaching, and ministry.

Front 19

2 Samuel

Back 19

God makes a covenant with David to establish his throne forever

Front 20

2 Timothy

Back 20

Endure suffering under false teachers continue to minister until the end.

Front 21

1 Kings

Back 21

In judgment on Solomon's sin, the kingdom is divided

Front 22

Titus

Back 22

The basis and responsibilities of the Christian life.

Front 23

2 Kings

Back 23

God judges his people as he promised in his covenant with them

Front 24

Philemon

Back 24

Encourage Philemon to take back run away slave Onesimus

Front 25

1 Chronicles

Back 25

God gives his people a king after his own heart

Front 26

Hebrews

Back 26

Encouragement to persecuted Jewish-Christians not to leave the faith as Christ is superior to all else.

Front 27

2 Chronicles

Back 27

God brings judgment as promised in his covenant

Front 28

James

Back 28

Wisdom in the face of persecution.

Front 29

Ezra

Back 29

God restores his people as he promised in his covenant

Front 30

1 Peter

Back 30

Suffer persecution with a sure faith.

Front 31

Nehemiah

Back 31

God protects his people in the midst of their enemies

Front 32

2 Peter

Back 32

Confronting false teachers who use grace as license.

Front 33

Esther

Back 33

God protects his people from their enemy, Haman

Front 34

1 John

Back 34

Tests for knowing you have the Word of Life, the only assurance of salvation.

Front 35

Psalms

Back 35

Corporate hymnbook of the bible for God's people

Front 36

Revelation

Back 36

Encouragement to 7 churches in Asia Minor through visions of Christ's cosmic victory over sin, death, and Satan.

Front 37

Job

Back 37

In the midst of life’s incomprehensibility, we trust & obey

Front 38

Proverbs

Back 38

Fatherly instruction in the skill in the art of Godly living

Front 39

Ecclesiastes

Back 39

“Life does not provide the key to itself…” yet by serving & glorifying God, we fulfil our design and bring pleasure to God

Learn to live under the line

Front 40

Song of Songs

Back 40

the beauty and pleasure of marital love

Front 41

Isaiah

Back 41

Through the Servant of the Lord, God's people and creation will be redeemed and restored

Front 42

Jeremiah

Back 42

God is faithful to his people in judgment and in restoration--the promise of the new covenant

Front 43

Ezekiel

Back 43

God's faithfulness to the covenant with his people will lead to restoration

Front 44

Daniel

Back 44

God still keeps covenant with his redeemed people

Front 45

Lamentations

Back 45

God is faithful even in our suffering

Front 46

Hosea

Back 46

God loves and is faithful to his adulterous people

Front 47

Joel

Back 47

A contemporary locust plague foreshadows the day of the LORD, when God will judge, purify and redeem his people

Front 48

Amos

Back 48

God will judge Israel for her sins of perverse religion and oppression-her hope lies in the house of David

Front 49

Obadiah

Back 49

God will judge Edom for their opposition to Judah

Front 50

Jonah

Back 50

Encourage Israel to remember their role as a light to the nations (Will they participate?)

Front 51

Micah

Back 51

God expects his people to not remain content with simply the external marks of the covenant (6:6-8)

Judgment is coming

Front 52

Nahum

Back 52

Comfort to Judah with assurance that God will judge those who oppress his covenant people

Front 53

Habakkuk

Back 53

Faith calls us to retain
our integrity and trust in the Lord that he will vindicate his purposes for his people - even
though it involve serious suffering for them.

Front 54

Zephaniah

Back 54

The Day of the Lord would mean judgment
on those in Judah who were unfaithful, as well as on the nations; but it would result in a
purification for the remnant and a time of blessing.

Front 55

Haggai

Back 55

finish rebuilding the temple

Front 56

Zechariah

Back 56

God will renew his cov’t with his restored
people; he’ll vindicate himself, his
Messiah, and his people in his control
over history

Front 57

Malachi

Back 57

Prepare ourselves for God’s blessing by
presenting to him the kind of lives he
delights in (preparation for revival)

Front 58

Matthew

Back 58

Show that Jesus is the promised OT Messiah, teach obedience to Jesus' commands

Front 59

Mark

Back 59

To proclaim the gospel of Jesus as King

Front 60

Luke

Back 60

To give assurance of the truth about Jesus (1:1-4)

Front 61

John

Back 61

To lead to eternal life through faith in the Son of God (20:31)

Front 62

Acts

Back 62

Tell of Christ's ongoing acts through his apostles--the suffering and expansion of his church

Front 63

Romans

Back 63

To proclaim the gospel that Jesus is the risen Lord and Christ and in him is found the forgiveness of sins and justification with God